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Article is a little misleading... you don't need "extensive modification" to use a Model F keyboard with a modern computer... the Model F AT keyboard can plug d
by bcg1 9y ago
Article is a little misleading... you don't need "extensive modification" to use a Model F keyboard with a modern computer... the Model F AT keyboard can plug directly into a PS/2 port and be used as-is:
https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Model_F#IBM_Personal_Computer_AT_keyboard https://deskthority.net/wiki/IBM_Model_F#IBM_Personal_Comput...
This article seems to be about a business that is actually re-engineering the Model F to be more modern... which is certainly interesting and impressive, but the article is a little misleading.
One really nice feature of these keyboards is that they use capacitance sensing to detect when a key is actuated, instead of a matrix of columns and rows, so there is no ghosting effect when multiple keys are pressed. If you disassemble the keyboard you can actually type right on the PCB with your fingers like a touchpad.
- swampangel 9y agoThe keyboards they're copying are based on the IBM 4704 rather than the PC AT keyboard http://kishy.ca/?p=894 http://kishy.ca/?p=894 It's more desirable because its layouts are a bit closer to modern 60/80% keyboards, but it doesn't have an AT interface.
- bcg1 9y agoTrue enough, I just think it is a bit misleading to act as if that is somehow the colloquial Model F Keyboard when really they are recreating a pretty obscure keyboard relative to the XT or AT Model f's.